Winter shelters open for Eastside’s homeless men and women

The city of Bellevue and Catholic Community Services have opened their mens and womens shelters, respectively, for Eastside homeless.

The city of Bellevue has opened its Eastside Winter Shelter for homeless men at the International Paper building. The shelter serves the Eastside. Catholic Community Services also has opened its women’s shelter at the St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Bellevue through January. The men’s shelter is expected to provide shelter through March. The International Paper site is at 1899 120th Ave. N.E., and homeless men will be able to use the site 8 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

The shelters are seek community donations to provide meals. More information can be found here.

For more information about the shelters, contact Congregations for the Homeless at 425-372-7252 or dwightj@cfhomeless.org; or Catholic Community Services at 206-437-7448 or eileenm@ccsw.org.